Coney Island’s New Coasters Not Quite Ready to Roll

Workers piece together the Soarin’ Eagle, one of the first new roller coaster in Coney Island since the Cyclone debuted in 1972. See more photos.

Not so fast, roller coaster fans: Coney Island’s newest amusement park won’t be open to the public until Saturday.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg was part the parade of dignitaries who turned out Wednesday to herald the debut of Coney Island’s first new roller coasters since the Cyclone opened in 1927. But two Scream Zone four big ride, Steeplechase and Soarin’ Eagle, still need work.

After the jump, a time-lapse video of a roller coaster’s (nearly completed) construction.

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